OUR WORLD VIEW

KITCHEN WINDOW


LIVING ROOM WINDOW


OUR BEDROOM WINDOW


GIRL'S BEDROOM WINDOW


BATHROOM WINDOW



In the past, we've toured you through our apartment here.... now here's a look-see out the window... our "world view!" How does it compare to what YOU see every day?

THE HEAT IS ON

The heat is on, really, not like the old Glen Frye song.... it's really on.

How it works in Romania: "somewhere" out there in the city "they" decide to give people heat. There are "heat factories" all over town that produce hot water to send through massive "heating pipes" (above and below ground) that end up in the apartment blocks and eventually fill our radiators.

Rumor has it that the temperature must drop below a certain level for 3 consecutive nights before "they" decide to make heat. Like maybe we have to earn the right to have it.

"They" decide when.... not us. A hold-over from the "let's control every minute detail of everyone's life" days of communism. Of course, in those days, they looked as it like they were doing you a really big favor by providing in the first place.

So, we got heat today! We have little control knobs on ours so we actually regulate the heat in each individual radiator.

Central heat? I think I remember that! So, one more little tidbit of life here.

THE "SOUTHERN LIVING" DREAM HOME, WELL, SORT OF.....

OK, we are very blessed to have this place.... all jokes aside about "commie shoe boxes" and "concrete condominiums" and all... in real-estate terminology it's a "cozy, bungalow-style apartment nestled in the trees, convenient to schools, shopping and entertainment." In real life, it's a small 2 bedroom on the 2nd floor (but we say 1st here) with a school next door, a small grocery store nearby and other things.

So, we've been asked (specifically by Kim) to post photos, so here it is. It's funny, in America, we seem very concerned about where we live, how we live and what other people think about the two. In Romania, just having an apartment where we can all fit without killing each other, at a price that is less than a month's salary... you feel like God's blessed you.

BATH AND FOYER

THE MASTER SUITE

THE GIRLS' ROOM

THE KITCHEN

THE LIVING ROOM